Monday, November 07, 2005

Flipping Through Previews (Oz Edition)...

This is my monthly look at Previews Magazine to find all the comic book Oz stuff that Oz fans ought to know about. For a little more info on what this is all about and how to get this stuff, see this post. These items are due to arrive in comic shops in October 2005.

Oz Books

Oz: The Manga continues to be published by Antarctic Press. This series is a retelling of the Oz story in a Manga style by David Hutchison. There will be a total of eight issues in this first mini series, and they will be collected when the full series has been published.

Oz: The Manga #8 - Order Code: NOV05 2751 - $2.99Previous Issues:

Oz: The Manga #1 - Order Code: APR05 2602 - $2.99

Oz: The Manga #2 - Order Code: MAY05 2477 - $2.99

Oz: The Manga #3 - Order Code: JUN05 2744 - $2.99

Oz: The Manga #4 - Order Code: JUL05 2615 - $2.99

Oz: The Manga #5 - Order Code: AUG05 2682 - $2.99

Oz: The Manga #6 - Order Code: SEP05 2730 - $2.99

Oz: The Manga #7 - Order Code: OCT05 2762 - $2.99

Oz-Related Books

Coming out from Alias is a book called Lullaby. This book started with a mini series of four books from Image comics in which Alice (from Wonderland) goes on a quest to Oz and runs into Little Red Riding Hood, the Pied Piper, and some other fairy tale characters. The group has yet to reach Oz at the end of the first mini, but they have met the Tinman in an unexpected form. This series is mildly recommended.

I've been remiss in not mentioning the great all-ages reprints of Little Lulu by Dark Horse comics. Each volume is affordably priced at only $10 a pop, and reprints hard-to-find stories of the original Little Lulu in black and white.

Another Non-Oz book I haven't mentioned yet, if I'm reading my past Preview Reviews right, is The Stardust Kid by J.M. DeMatteis and Mike Ploog. Ploog is known for his artwork, and has done at least one adaptation of Oz. The team of DeMatteis and Ploog also did the excellent but entirely too short-lived Abadazad, which was based on the Oz adventures. The Stardust Kid is another fantasy adventure which throws ordinary children into a fantasy world. This book is a five issue mini-series.

Stardust Kid #4 - Order Code: NOV05 1760 - $3.50Previous Issues:

Stardust Kid #1 - Order Code: MAR05 1683 - $3.50

Stardust Kid #2 - Order Code: MAY05 1576 - $3.50

Stardust Kid #3 - Order Code: AUG05 1696 - $3.50

Non-Comic Book Stuff

I was rather impressed this month to see The Living House of Oz by Edward Einhorn, with illustrations by Eric Shanower, show up in Previews. If you are looking for a fun Oz read, check out this book. And, as Eric pointed out to me, you can also get it directly from the publisher.

The Living House of Oz - Order Code: NOV05 3411 - $27.95

Whew. So that's it for this month's Flipping Through Previews (Oz Edition)... If you found something I missed, feel free to use the comments below to point it out. If you have any questions, also feel free to comment.